Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-19
HISTORY OF The WEEK.

HISTORY OF ThE WEEK.
At New Orleans La, Sunday noon
several Thousand people assembled on the
river bank to witness the baptizing ofsever-
al new conucrts in the river by Elder Viii
liams, of Zion Baptist church, (colored).
The baptizing was done in the shallow wa
ter OF the slip, between two wharyes. Along
the edge OF one of the wharves ran stout
wooden railing. Crowded against this rail
| ing were between 80 and 100 white and col
ored people, principally children under IL
years OF age. Two thousand people occu,
pied the remaining part of the wharves, and
| in the river several hundred people were
| viewing the ceremonies from skiffs. In the
midst OF the baptizing the pressure against
| the railing was SO great that It gave way,
and about 100 people were precipitated into
the river. In their descent they struck the
| ,kiffs and some of these were overturned
and their occupants thrown into the water;
| A period of panic and excitement followed
and Is persons were drowned, mostly chill
iren.
On May 10, at Holidays Cave. w.
Va, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker and her mother,
Lusella McWha, were found dead in the
house of the former. Their heads were
oeaten by car pin, an ok was lying beside
them. Three hundred and fifty dollars be-
longing to Mr.. Baker are missing. The
theory at first given was that the murder
vas for robbery. Mr.. McWha had few
days ago received several thousand dollars,
and he went to Pittsburg to deposit it. His
| ,on-ip-law, Mr.. Baker, also being absent
| t is thought some one familiar with the sit
lation, but not knowing that the money
was gone, attempted robbery, and being
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killed them to conceal their crime. Mrs.
McWha was seventy years old and he
daughter forty. Baker, the husband ha
| oeen arrested.
A fatal Tragedy took place Sunday
morning, near Spring Station, Kentucky,
IN the farm of Capt. Jas. Blackburn, ex-sec-
Blackburn. Miss Henrietta Blackburn, ac-
companied by her cousin, Henrietta Hemp
stead, young lady of l9 years, went out to
shoot ct mark with small rifle. They
were Joined BY KS, Sam Blackburn aged sa,
and friendly contention
shoot at the mark first The three engaged
a playful struggle for the possession of a
rifle and in this struggle the weapon was
discharged, the ball piercing the heart of
Miss Hampstead, killing her instantly.
AT chicago, Friday night, all build
| ing operations under the control of con-
tractors who are members of the Master
Masons' and Builders Association were
shut down so far as the bricklayers and
stone masons are concerned. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 10000 workmen are now
idle in the building trades of the city, as the
general shut down inaugurated is the out
! growth of a series OF strikes in the building
trades, and is in the nature of an attempt
| by the employers to force q battle with the
| workmen and secure a lasting peace during
| the season.
The government of Mexico has re-
ceived information Of the effects Of the re-
cent earthquake at Bahispe, Sonora, by
which $50 people lost their lives. The earth
quake occurred at p. M. At the same
time the volcanic eruptions began in neigh
boring mountains, lighting up the submits
there by local scientists that Mexico is
| about to undergo general seismic convlll
sion, and recent records of earthquake
shocks show them there is widespread vol
| canic activity from one end Of Mexico to
| the other
Fruit growers in the vicinity of Cen
tralia, ILL.,, are very despondent over what
promises to be the destruction by midgets
| ofnearly the balance of the strawberry crop.
None OF the growers had any previous
knowledge OF this midget or its capacities
for depreciation. The growers, after exam
lining the extent of the damage done, esti-
mate it at from SO to 75 per cent. The
canker worm and caterpillar are Mt work
upon apple trees in large number of or
chards. Apples and cherries will not yield
over half crop.
The Oldest man in Stephenson county,
| il not in Illinois, died May 10th at his home
in oneco township Had he lived until
July 80, Mr.. Smith would have been 1O2
N. c., in 17s7. In 1915 he moved Highland
county, Ohio, and from there came to Ill
| inois in 1916. and has resided there ever
since. He cast his first presidential vote
for James Madison and his last for Grover
Cleveland. He never rode on railroad
train, and never ate meal in hotel.
at Lebanon, N. H., May 10, the
most destructive fire that Northern New
Hampshire has ever known occurred. It
broke out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s furni-
ture factory. The adjoining buildings, also
| occupied by Mead, Mason & Co., built of
| wood, and filled with infamable matter,
were soon destroyed The fire worked
seeon seathsr rbe Rbsrnnf o With in urnce hss a
of $4,000.
The grand jury investigating the
killing of DR.. Northrup, at Haverhill, Ohio
by the McCoys of that place have indeed
four of the McCoys for murder in the first
degree. The shooting is said to have grown
out Of the whisky selling case, in which DR..
Nortbrup appeared as one of the prosecu-
ting witnesses, and for doing which, the
Haverhill people say, the McCoys swore
vengeance on him.
The trials of the Pan Handle freight
train men at Pittsburg, Pa, are bearing
swift fruit; On Tuesday the jury in the
case of w. T. Lavelle, the Panhandle road
| brakeman, on trial for robbing freight cars,
returned verdict of guilty. j. C. Dunlap,
| another OF the alleged thieves, was then
called up for trial, und pleaded guilty. The
Trial of John Haggerty was begun.
A cyclone swept over Blue Springs
Gage County, Nebraska, Friday. All tele
graph wires are down, and only meagre
| particulars at hand. Several houses were
leveled, and q church unroofed. One man,
| at least, was fatally injured, and woman
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
The supreme council of the catholic
IAuiSutS VI faiueilCth CouCluueu 1LS Dl6nnlal
session in Chicago. John D. Coleman. of
president; q. F. O'Rourke, Ft Wayne,
ice-president; John Barr, Lebanon, Ky,
| secretary; M. j. O'Brien, Chattanooga,
| treasurer
Sir John Mcdonald denies the report
that he is to be raised to the peerage. A
| prominent member of the cabinet has ex-
pressed the opinion that the entrance OF
New Foundland int the Dominion is in
evitable.
During disgraceful row in the rear
Of the Highland House, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Sunday evening, officer James Dunn was
| shot four times by young loafer named
Carroll Tucker. Dunn will probably die.
Miss Jennie Bowman, who was SO
brutally assaulted in Louisville two weeks
ago by negro burglars. has died. She was
| never able to see the men under arrest, in
| order to identify them.
The Ohio Democratic state central
committee has fixed on Cleveland, July 90
and 81, as the place and time of the state